Featured Research Project
“Health at the Margins: Distress and Illness in the Aftermath of the 2005 Hurricane Stan Mudslide in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala”
Serena Stein, 2009,
Serena Stein (COL ’09) is a University Scholar, a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and the recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship. She writes about her experience conducting on-site research in Guatemala.
Recent Awards & News
Serena Stein (COL ‘09) wins Beinecke Scholarship
We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Serena Stein (COL ’09) for winning the Beinecke Scholarship this year.
Benjamin Franklin Scholar selected as student College graduation speaker!
Sarah-Jane Littleford (COL ’09) is from Harare, Zimbabwe. She is double majoring, with an Individualized Major in Sustainable Development, and an Environmental Studies major with a concentration in Psychology, and is a member of the Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship and Thouron award winners for 2009
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Alexander Jacobs (COL ’09)
PennNews article
Thouron Award
Madeleine Evans (COL ’09)
Rishabh Jain (EAS ’09)
Matt Lewandowski (COL ’09)
Kojo Minta (COL ’09)
Andrew Renuart (MED ’11)
Dan Tavana (COL ’09)
Congratulations to all the winners!
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program - Descriptions now uploaded!
Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) invites all first-year Penn undergraduates to apply for the Summer 2009 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program (PURM). PURM provides students who have just completed their first year at Penn with a $3,000 summer living stipend while they conduct research with a Penn faculty member as their mentor and supervisor. Conducting research with a faculty member is an exciting way to deepen your understanding of a field of study, and it’s a great way to get to know a Penn faculty member.
CURF’s website contains a list of over 200 potential research projects for which Penn faculty are seeking first-year undergraduates as research assistants . You will need to have a few projects specifically in mind when applying to the program, so please read the document carefully.
Student applications are due electronically to CURF by 4:00pm on February 18
Penn Libraries now provides free access to the Foundation Directory Online
If you are looking for topic-specific grants, specialty funds, or other directed money to help you with your research, Penn Libraries has added direct access to the Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory Online. You can find everything from general news about foundations to specific Requests for Proposals there.
If the above link does not work, go to the Penn Libraries web site and search for Foundation Directory in the E-Resources section.